ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1865.
Larceny, &c.
he had stolen any chattel of like value with the share, interest, or deposit to which the security so stolen may relate, or with the money due on the security so stolen, or secured thereby and remaining unsatisfied, or with the value of the goods or other valuable thing represented, mentioned, or referred to in or by the security.
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title to lands:
18. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent purpose destroy, cancel, obliterate, or conceal, the whole or any part of any document of title to lands shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for the term of three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
19. Whosoever shall, either during the life of the testator or after his death, steal, or for any fraudulent purpose destroy, cancel, obliterate, or conceal, the whole or any part of any will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument, whether the same shall relate to real or personal estate, or to both, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping; and it shall not in any information for such offence be necessary to allege that such will, codicil, or other instrument is the property of any person: Provided, that nothing in this or the last preceding section mentioned, nor any proceeding, conviction, or judgment to be had or taken thereupon, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any remedy at Law or in Equity which any party aggrieved by any such offence might or would have had if this Ordinance had not been passed; but no conviction of any such offender shall be received in evidence in any action at Law or suit in Equity against him; and no person shall be liable to be convicted of any of the felonies in this and the last preceding section mentioned, by any evidence whatever, in respect of any act done by him, if he shall at any time previously to his being charged with such offence have first disclosed such act, on oath, affirmation or declaration, in consequence of any compulsory process of any Court of Law or Equity in any action, suit, or proceeding which shall have been bona fide instituted by
Wills or codicils.
Other remedies not to be affected.